Mazda Motor Corporation

Masamitsu Tanaka

Yoshiaki Murakami

Yoshikazu Nishimura

Keisuke Miyoshi

Noritaka Sakiyama

Chikara Ishihara

Ken Ueki

Yukiichirou Shimada

Kota Matsue

Makoto Ikegami

Shinya Matsumoto

Hiroyuki Utsumi

Noriyoshi Sahashi

An exhaust-gas purification device disposition structure of a vehicle, comprises a fuel tank with a fuel supply port which is disposed so as to be open to an outside of a vehicle compartment, and a urea tank to accommodate urea water solution as deoxidizer to purify exhaust gas. The urea tank is disposed outside the vehicle compartment, and a pouring port of the urea tank is provided inside the vehicle compartment. Accordingly, the urea water solution can be surely prevented from entering into the vehicle compartment even in case of the breakage of the urea tank, and the mistake of supplying the wrong liquid into the wrong supply (pouring) port tank which may be made by confusing the ports can be avoided.

Exhaust-gas purification device disposition structure of vehicle

To avoid a steering shaft changing its orientation during a frontal collision, an automotive pedal support structure equipped with an operating pedal is disposed behind a dash panel of an automotive vehicle and the steering shaft comprising a universal joint disposed in the proximity of the operating pedal. Provided are a first bracket including first and second side wall portions, a connecting portion and a second bracket pivoted to the first bracket so as to be rotated during the frontal collision. The operating pedal is pivoted to the second bracket. During the frontal collision, the universal joint is longitudinally moved relative with respect to the first bracket while contacting with side surfaces of the first and second side wall portions.

Automotive pedal support structure

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Hiroshima, Japan

Masamitsu Tanaka